Re: [GIT RFC] percpu: use dynamic percpu allocator as the default percpu allocator

[Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>]

On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:24:18 +0400
Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> wrote:

> On the other hand, some tricks with DEFINE_PER_CPU() are indeed possible -
> for instance, using weak references we could force the compiler to
> generate proper addressing mode. So DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, foo) in module
> would expand to something like this:
> 
> 	extern int per_cpu__foo;
> 	asm(".weakref per_cpu__foo, per_cpu_mod__foo");
> 	__attribute__((__section__(".data.percpu"))) int per_cpu_mod__foo
> 
> The main problem is that our DEFINE_PER_CPU() macro consists of more
> than one definition, so it won't be possible to specify both storage class
> and initializer with it.
> 
> If it's acceptable to change the semantics from
> 
> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, foo) = 1
> 
> to
> 
> DEFINE_PER_CPU(static, int, foo) = 1
> 
> then we're ok.
> 
> Or maybe just add STATIC_DEFINE_PER_CPU_xx() variants?

That is what I'm after as well. Just drop the "static" from the
DEFINE_PER_CPU statement found inside modules and it works.

My experiments with the weak and visibility attribute failed because
the static storage class specifier together with the attribute either
causes a compile error or static just overrides the attribute.

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   Martin.

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